The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-21

Fiavel's books, and Cecl's books, and
Baxter's books, and read and read and
read, and prayed and prayed and prayed,
and wept and wept and wcpt, and
groaned and groaned and groanod. My
brother, your trouble is not with the heart,
II is gastric disorder or rebellion of the
liver. You need a physician more than
you do clergyman. II is not sin that
blots out your hope Of heaven, but bile.
II not only ycllows your cyeball, and furs
your tongue, and makes your head ache,
but swoopS upon your soul in OBJECTIONS
and forebodings. The devil is after YOU.
He has failed Ia dcspoil your character,
and he does the next best thing Tor him--
he ruffies your peace Of mind. When he
says that you are not a forgiven soul, when
he says that You are not right with God,
when he saws that you will never get TO
heaven. he lies. You are Just as sure Of
heaven ~ though you were there already.
But satan, finding that he cannot keep you
out OF the promised land OF Canaan, has
determined that the spies shall not bring
you any Of the eschol grapes beforehand,
and that you shall have nothing but
prickly pear and crab apple. You are Just
IA good now, under the cloud, as You were
when YOU We're accustomed 10 rise in
the morning nj 3 o'clock 10
pray and sing 'lIallalujah, It's Done! My
friend, the Rev. DR.. Joseph III. Jones, OF
Philadelphia, translated spirit now,
wrote a book entitled Man, Moral and
Physical in which he shows how different
the same things may appear 10 different
people lie says After the great battle
ON the Mincio, in 1859, between the French
and Sudinans on the one side, and the
Auslrians ON the other, 40 disastrous 10
the latter, the defeated army rctrcatcd
followed 10y the yictnrs. A description Of
the march OF each army IN given by two
correspondents Of the London Times, one
of whom travelled with the successful host,
the other with the defeated. The difference
IN views and statements OF the same place.
scenes and events IL remarkable. The
former are said 10 be marching through q
beautiful and luxuriant country during the
day. and at night encamping where they
are supplied with IN abundance Of the best
provisions and all sorts Of rural dainties
There Is nothing Of war about the proceed
Ing except liz stimulus and excitement.
On the side Of the poor Austrians IL IL Just
the reverse. In his letter of the snIne date,
describing the same places and march
over the same roads, the writer can scarce
lyhnd words to set forth the suffering
impaiencc and disgust existing around
him. What was pleasant TO the former
was iutolcrble 10 the latter. What made
all the difference asks the Journalist
One condition only. The French are
victorious the Austrians have been de-
featcd. The contrast may convey dis.
tinrtiyc idea OF the extent TO which moral
impressions affect the efficiency Of the
soldier.
go, my dear brother, the road you are
travelling Is the sauc you have been tray
cling long while, but the difference in
your physical conditions makes il look dii.
icrcnt, and therefore the two reports you
have gwen OF yourself are M widely differ
ent ~ the reports in the London Times
from Tic two correspondents. Edward
Payson, sometimes ~ lar up. on the mount
that IL seemed aH IL the ccninpctal force Of
earth could no longer hold him, some
times through q physical disorder was ~
iar down that II seemed az II the other
world would clutch him. Glorious Will
lam Cowpcr was ~ good ~ good could be-,
and will hc loved In the christian church
- long NJ II sings his hymn beginning
There Il a Fountain Filled With Blood,
and his hymn beginning oh, For q |
Closer Walk With God, and his hymn be- |
ginning What Various llindunccs We |
Meet, and his hymn beginning God |
Moves In Mysterious Way Ict w was |
he overcome Of melancholy, or black bile,
that Il was only through the mistake oi
the cab driver Who took him 10 n wrOng
place, Instead OF tho river hank. that hc
did not commit suicide.
spiritual rendition ~ nightly affected |
by the physical state. what great OppOr- |
iunliy this gives Ia thcchnstian physician, |
for lac can feel at the same time both the !
pulse OF the body and the pulse Of the |
soul, and be can administer 10 both NJ
once. aud II medicine In needed hc can
give that, and spiritual counsel IL needed
be can giyc that-an earthly ard divine
prescription nj the same time aud cali on
not only the apoihcuary OF earth, but the
pharmacy u heaven. All, thai IL thc kind
Of doctor ! want NJ my bedside when gct
elck. one that can not only count out the
night number 81 drops, but who can also
pray. That u the kind of doctor / have
had In my housc when sickness ~ death
came. do not want any 81 your pruaigatc
OF aihcistic doctors around my loved ones
whom the balances 81 life are trembling. A
doctor who has zone through the medical
college, and In dicgCiing nom has trav.
cfscd tic wonders Of the human mcrhnn.
lam. and found no God In amy ~ the
hlhyrnths. " a fool and cannot doctor me
or mine. but Oh, the christian doctors'
What = rumiuri they iia1r bcvn in uiuny
Of our households And they ough. Ia
hive warm place In our prayers, NJ well
~ praise on our tongues Dear old nr
Skillman' My llthcfE doctor, iny mothers
doctor, In the village home. lie carried
al the c0niltcncFoi all the families iOrtcn
miles around. We all iclt better ~ apon
as we INV him enter the house Ills lace
pronounced q h,1iiiudc hriov hc said q
word. lie welcomed an Of us children
into lie, and Dc cloecd the old peoples
eyeg Whrn they UntCUd the last Flunihcr
think ! know what CHRIST said io him
when the old doctor got through his vurk.
think Doe was cfpoiod with the wupls
Como in, doctor. | vas tirk and ycVistcd
me- ! hlOa God that the number oi
christian IhyFlcilns ~ multiplying, and
some 81 The students ~ the medical col.
lcges are hem today, AMI hail you, aud
blc,s fon, aud ! orlnin you 10 ihc tender.
beautiful, heaven descended work IT a
ehrlstian physician, and when you take
your diploma irum the Long Island m,di.
cal collcrc, 10 book after the ptriahablc
body, H. sum also 20 gri u diploma lrun
The skies 10 look alter the impcrishahIr
soul. 1T all christian physicians unite
with ministers ~ DE gospel in pprsuadinp
cood people ulnt u ii mo- l,y,auas God u
against them that they sometimes iDvl de.
prcsscd, bat because OF their dis,ua.d
body. ! suppose David, the psllmist.
was nomoW plous when be- called ncycD.
Thing human and angelic. animate
and inanimaic, AMI from snowflake